Wrinkle finish drying compositions



Patented Apr. 10, 1945 wnmxm rmsn name. coMrosmons Folsom E. Drummond 2 Claims.

This invention relates to wrinkle finish compositions, and more particularly to a vehicle for use in compounding wrinkling varnishe and enamels. v Heretofore in the manufacture of wrinkle finishes of the oil varnish type, they have invariably contained substantial quantities of Chinawood oil, oiticica, or equivalent wrinklin drying 011. These oils have been utilized either in the blown or unblown or partially oxidized state with small additions of other drying oils such a linseed, perilla, and the like. v

It is an object of this invention to produce a wrinkle finish composition wherein substantial amounts of the China-wood oil are replaced with dehydrated castor oil so as to produce a wrinkle drying composition which i comparable with China-wood oil wrinkle finishes.

Another object is to compound a wrinkle finish vehicle which may be compounded with pigment to provide a suitable wrinkle drying enamel.

Another object is to nish composition wherein dehydrated castor oil is substituted for a portion of the'Chlna-wood oil so as toproduce a more rapid drying and harder wrinkle finish composition.

These and other objects will be apparent from the following description.

A a typical example of the formulation and procedure for utilizing this invention, the following illustrative examples are given:

Varnish A Amberol pounds 100 Lead acetate 1 do 5 to Raw tung oil gallons 16 to Linseed oil do 1 to 5 Thinner such as toluol or petroleum naphtha or a mixture of the two ao 25m Varnish B Amberol pounds 100 Lead acetate do 5 to 10 Raw tung oil "gallons" 7 to 10 Dehydrated castor oil do 7 to 10 Linseed oil do 1 to 3 Toluol or petroleum naphtha v or a mixture of the two do 25 to 35 In manufacturing Varnish A, the tung oil and about half the amberol are heated in a kettle to approximately 500 to 550 degrees F. until the tung oil is about to congeal. Thereafter the lead acetate, linseed oil and the remaining'portion of the amberol are added to the batch and thoroughand William A. Waldie, t- Dayton; Ohio, assignors to New Wrinkle, Ina,

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1y stirred. Afterthe resin and acetate have dissolved, the batch is allowed to cool to about 400 degrees F. and the thinner added.

Varnish B is made in like manner as Varnish A. In place of amberol other phenol formaldehyde synthetic resins or similar oil-soluble resins may be used. To the above varnishes there is added a liquiddrier. This drier has the following typical formula:

Solid cobalt linoleate pounds- 16 to 20 Wood oil fatty acids do 7 to 10 Toluol gallons '7 to 1:0

composition.

provide a wrinkling var- In formulating the wrinkle finish, about 3 to 5 per cent of the liquid drier is incorporated with Varnish A and Varnish B. The final wrinkle finish composition i comprised as follows:

' Per cent by volume Varnish A 50 Varnish B 50 The resultant product is applied to the surface to be coated by spraying or flowing and will air dry to a tough wrinkle film in 12 to 15 hours.

' Different proportionate blends of Varnishes A and erine.

B can be made to vary the drying and film forming properties of the product.

The dehydrated castor oil ingredient utilized in making Varnish B may be made by heat treating castor oil at from 480 2 /2 hours. This produces a castor oil product which is compatible with the conventional paint oil hydrocarbon solvents, and when incorported with oxidation accelerators, dries to a tough film within a few hours. Suitable dehydrating agents may be added during treatment of the castor oil, such as alkali metal hydroxides, sulphur, halogen compounds and the like.

As a modification be prepared by heating the oil to effect dehydration and esterifying the residue by adding glyc- The esterified composition is condensed with phthalic anhydride to form a drying oil product in which the fatty acid g'lycerides possess a. polyconjugated double bond structural linkage.

By way of a specific example the castor oil product may be made as follows:-

On hundred pounds of castor oil is heated to approximately 500 degrees F. and -destructively distilled until the residue comprises about per cent of the original mass. The residue is cooled to 525 degrees F. for about the dehydrated castor oil may to around 400 degrees F. and '75 pounds of glycerine added to esterify the mixture. The

esterifled product is maintained at about 400 de-- grees F. for a period of time suilicient to remove any water present, and then 112 pounds of phthalic anhydride is stirred into the mixture and the temperature held at about 425 degrees F. until the reaction has taken place producing a clear homogeneous roduct. Thereafter the reaction product is cooled to 300 degrees F. and solvent thinner, such as toluol, added in amount to produce an oil product of the desired, viscosity or body. It will of course be appreciated that other polyhydricalcohols may be substituted for glycerine and other polycarboxylic acids used in place of phthalic anhydride to modify the properties of the final product.

A portion of the vegetable drying oils utilized in compounding the varnishes may be mixed with the castor oil prior to destructively distilling, esterifying and condensing to vary the film drying and hardening properties of the final product.

By modifying the drier, 'a drying oil varnish may be made wherein all of the tung oil is replaced with dehydrated castor oil. The following is a typical formulation for this type of product:

Varnish C Amberol ..pounds 100 head acetate do 7 Dehydrated castor oil gallons 15 Linseed oil do Toluol do 35 Varnish C is made by combining the resin, lead acetate and oil together under heat by maintaining. the mixture at about 550 degrees F. for suificient time to provide an oleoresinous mixture of the desired viscosity. After the batch has cooled to approximately 350 degrees F. the toluol is added.

The liquid drier used in this instance comprises:

Cobalt iinoleate pounds 15 Wood oil fatty acids do Benzoyl peroxide -do 1 Toluol gal1ons 10 Suiiicient amount of this liquid drier is incorporated with Varnish C to produce an air drying wrinkle finish. The varnish may be thinned with toluol, xylol or petroleum naphtha to provide a suitable composition for spraying.

It will be understood that each of the above varnishes may be employed in compounding wrinkling enamels by incorporating a proper amount of pigment ground in the varnish vehicle. Further, various wrinkle finish texture modifying ingredients may be incorporated, such as asbestine, fatty acids, solvent thinners, etc. Ditterent resins may beutilized in making the varnish compositions such as oil modified phenol aldehyde synthetic resins, alkyd resins, rosin, ester gum and fossil resins. Other wrinkling oils, such as oiticica and blown drying oils may be used in place of tung oil in compounding the varnishes herein. Perilla or equivalent drying oils maybe substituted for linseed. If desired the drying oils are blown or in partially oxidized state.

The above compositions are adapted to air dry to a wrinkle finish but may be baked or dried at 100 to 150 degrees F. to produce a wrinkle finish. Use may be made of infra red radiation for instigating the wrinkling of the film.

It will be understood that the above formulations are merely exemplary of this invention and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the spirit of this invention.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A method of making a wrinkle finish coating composition comprising the steps of mixing resin, wrinkling drying oil other than dehydrated castor oil and metallic drier together to form an oleoresinous wrinkling varnish and blending therewith a second wrinkling oleoresinous varnish containing a mixture of wrinkling drying oils including dehydrated castor oil the two varnishes being blended in substantially equal proportions by volume to form a composition which when applied as a film will dry to a wrinkle finish.

2. A method of making a wrinkle finish composition comprising the steps of mixing resin, wrinkling drying oil other than dehydrated castor oil and metallic dryer together to form an 'oleoresinous wrinkling varnish and blending therewith a scecond oieoreslnous varnish containing a mixture of wrinkling drying oils including dehydrated castor oil, which has been destructively distilled at a temperature of about 480 F. to 525 F., the two varnishes being blended in substantially equal proportions by volume to form a composition which when applied as a film will dry to a wrinkle finish.

FOLSOM E. DRUMMOND. WILLIAM A. WALDIE. 

